Textile-finishing machine



Jan. 1, W29.

Filed Dec. :5, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 1, 1929.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK W. P. ROSE, E CLIFTON, AND CHRISTIAN WERNER, 0F IPASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS T0 WERNER 8e 00., INCL, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, A COR-- roimrion 01? NEW JERSEY.

TEXTILE-FINISHING MACHINE.

Application filed December 3, 1926. Serial No. 152,437.

This invention has relation to machines for finishing textiles and particularly for facilitating the operation of rubbing the textile to impart thereto a high luster, the same being 5 in the nature of an improvement upon prior United States LettersPa-tent No. 1,571,802, granted February 2, 1926.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide in a machine of this character a plurality of finishing rollers of the type set forth in our prior patent together with feeding drums or rollers so mounted with relation to the finishing rollers as to cause the tangential engagement of the material with each finishing roller at a plurality of points of its periphery whereby the finishing operation is more thoroughly and rapidly accomplished.

As a further object the invention comprehends a means for effecting simultaneous relative adjustments between the feeding and finishing rollers whereby variation in the pressure derived may be imparted to the materials being run through the machine.

Other objects of the invention reside in the simplicity of construction and operation, the economy with which the machine may be produced and operated and the general efficiency obtained therefrom.

With the above recited and other objects in view, reference is had to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which there is exhibited one example or embodiment of the invention which is in no way 35 intended as a limitation upon the scope of the appended claims as it is to be clearly understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of the said claims may be resorted to when; found 4,0 expedient.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view ofthe machine;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates the frame of the machine provided atone end with a bearing 11 for supporting the roll 12 of the textile fabric which is to be finished and provided at its opposite end with a bearing 13 having a core 14 upon which the material is wound after passing through the machine. Mounted in longitudinally spaced relation on transverse shafts 15, are a plurality of driven feeding rollers 16 and guide elements or rollers 17 which cause the material to travel in a sinuous course. A plurality of finishing rollers 18 of the type set forth in the prior patent herebefore referred to are employed, said finishing rollers consisting of a hollow tubular core 19, from the opposite ends of which bearing shaft sections or trunnions 20 project. A plurality of annular felt disks '21 of substantially uniform thickness are positioned upon the core and are spaced apart by annular spacer elements 22 of lesser diameter than the felt disks 21. The disks 21 and spacer ele- 'ments 22 are clamped together between the opposite ends of the core by suitable clamping members 23 so that the rollers present a plurality of spaced felt disk peripheries which admit of compression and lateral movement or flapping. The trunnions or shaft sections of the rollers are journaled in bearings 24 which are spaced apart longitudinally and positioned relative to the feed rollers 16 whereby said feed rollers cause the engagement of the material with each finishing roller 18 at a plurality of points on its periphery. The shafts of the feeding rollers and guide elements are carried by a vertically movable frame member 26 mounted on guide rods 27 on the frame 10. The frame is movable vertically by a plurality of bell cranks 28, one arm of each of which is respectively connected to the frame member 26 by a pinand-slot connection and the opposite arm of each of which is connected to a shift bar 29. The endmost bell crank 28 is connected by a link 30 .to a nut 31 which is threadedly engaged by an operating shaft 32 having a hand wheel 33. Under this arrangement it is obvious thatmeans is afforded for simultaneously effecting relative adjustments of the finishing and feeding rollersto vary the pressure on the fabrics being run through the machine. As illustrated, the fabric or material A is threaded through the machine by training the same respectively over and under the feeding rollers and guide elements 17 so that one surface of the fabric engages with each finishing roller at a plurality ofoints on the periphery of each finishing rol er.

In addition to obtaining a more thorough finishing operation, it is obvious that the same is accomplished more rapidly and that the necessity fo either re-running the material o-r employing a machine of impracticable length is obv1ated..

What is claimed is 1. In a textile finishing machine, a plurality of longitudinally spaced cylindrical finishing rolls adapted to be driven torub the material ,to impart a. high lustre thereto, a pair of material feeding rollers, also adapted to be driven, and a guide cooperatin with each finishing roll to cause the materia to be tangentiall engaged and rubbed at spaced points of the periphery of each of said finishing rolls while backed up at said points by the feeding rollers.

2. In a textile finishing machine, a plurality of longitudinally spaced cylindrical finishing rolls adaptedto be driven to rub the material to impart a high lustre thereto, a pair of material feeding rollers mounted in circumferentially spaced relation to and adjacent each finishing roll and adapted to be rotated to feed the material, and a guide element mounted with respect to each pair of feeding rollers around which the material is trained between each of the pairs of feeding rollers to cause each finishing roll periphery to tangentially engage with and rub the material at spaced points on said periphery while backed up by the feeding rollers.

3. In a machine for finishing textile materials to impart a natural lustre to the same after the dyeing and drying operations, a plurality of longitudinally spaced finishing rolls consisting of laterally spaced transverscly flexible elements of substantially uniform thicknessiwith which the material engages, a pair of material feeding rollers, and a guide cooperating with each of said finishing rolls to cause the material to be tangentially engaged and rubbed at spaced points of the periphery of each roll while backed up at said points by the feeding rollers.

FREDERICK w. P. ROSE. CHRISTIAN WERNER. 

